NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

Since 1990, NCHE has supported K-12 teachers in the development and implementation of history education, with support from scholars, museums, historic sites, and other history educators. Today, NCHEs work focuses on three areas: professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

According to 2018 study by the U.S. Art galleries, museums, or historical sites were popular with almost two-thirds of non-poor families, while less than a third of poor families took their kindergarteners to these locations in the summer before first grade.

Historic Sites 132

Historic Sites Museum Library Elementary School 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2018

A May 22, 2018 report from the National Center for Education Statistics tracked more than 18,000 kids who attended kindergarten in 2010-11 and followed up with their parents in the fall of 2011 to see how they spent their summer. Only 12 percent of non-poor families did this. The poor were less likely to go on cultural outings.

Sociology 100

Sociology Museum Historic Sites Cultures 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo The controversies have had subtle reverberations for the classrooms in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia too. The historical site, about 12 miles away from Norfolk, is a popular field trip destination.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98